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I think Cooke misses the point that the most determined process of demonisation was directed against the opposition to Assad. comradely Gary On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:04 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 4/17/17 2:59 PM, David McDonald via Marxism wrote: > >> https://davidbyrnemcdonaldiii.com/?p=638 >> > > This was my comment about this on FB: > > An incredible article from Shamus Cooke arguing that "most" of the left > was focused on how evil Assad was. What left was he talking about? The > people like him, Mike Whitney, John Wight et al that write for > Counterpunch? Salon's Patrick L. Smith? The ubiquitous Vijay Prashad? Tariq > Ali? The official British antiwar movement? ANSWER? The London Review of > Books? Stephen F. Cohen or James Carden writing for The Nation? Ben Norton > and Max Blumenthal in Alternet? > > I think he probably means the ISO and New Politics, plus some cranks like > me. I suppose if people like Cooke had any power, they'd have jailed me > years ago. > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/gary.maclennan1%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
